Dom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dom"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɔm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology 1

Shortenings.

Proper noun

Dom

1. A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
2. (BDSM) Alternative letter-case form of dom

Etymology 2

From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.

Noun

Dom (plural Doms)

1. A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
2. A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.

Etymology 3

From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma).

Noun

Dom (plural Doms)

1. A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.
   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 2:

     Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.

Etymology 4

Related to Rom and Lom.

Proper noun

Dom

1. An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.

Anagrams

• MOD, MoD, ODM, mod, mod.

German

Alternative forms

• Thum (obsolete since early 19th c.)

Etymology

15th-century alteration (see below) of older Thum, from Middle High German and Old High German tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm (whence Old Dutch duom, Middle Low German dôm), from Medieval Latin domus (literally “house”). The use probably goes back to domus episcopatus/episcopalis (“house of the bishopric”). An alternative theory derives it from domus ecclesiae (“church house”), after Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías).

The modern alteration Dom follows Middle French dome, from Italian duomo, from the Latin. It was probably reinforced by the inherited Middle Low German form (see above). Thum survived longest in the south. The Dutch cognate dom was similarly influenced by French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːm/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Dom m (strong, genitive Doms or Domes, plural Dome)

1. cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)

Declension

Declension of Dom [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dom	die	Dome
genitive	eines	des	Doms, Domes	der	Dome
dative	einem	dem	Dom, Dome1	den	Domen
accusative	einen	den	Dom	die	Dome

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Dombauhütte, Dombauverein
• Domkapitel
• Dompfaff

Related terms

• Domizil

Further reading

• “Dom” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Dom (Gesteinsstruktur, Kesselaufsatz)” in Duden online

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ/

• Hyphenation: Dom

Noun

Dom m (plural Dons)

1. honorific title usually used before a man's name, equivalent to Spanish Don; it has historically been used by members of the high nobility in Portugal and Brazil

   Synonym: (abbreviation) D.

Related terms

• Dona f

Saterland Frisian

n'Dom.

Etymology

From Old Frisian dam, from Proto-West Germanic *damm. Cognates include West Frisian dam and German Damm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

Noun

Dom m (plural Domme)

1. dam

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Dom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN